Automatic sprinkling device.



' B. P. FORD. AUTOMATIC SPRINKLING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED IE.1B, 1911.

Patented Sept. 5,1911.

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` Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 5, 1911.

Application lerl February le, 191i, Serial' No. 608,988.

citizen or the United States, residing et Portlnm in the county oi Multnomah and State oi Oregon, have invented certain nen7 and le inl improven'ients in Automatic Sprinliiing; .R-WiCeS; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ot the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to inale und use the saine, reference beingI had to the ings, and to the letters erenoe marked thereon, ot this speeitication. 4 t

T his invention relates to nevirand useful improvements in auttnnatio movable sprinltlers and coin prises a sin'iple and ellioient device of this nature, eonsistinir of a sprinkler head having gear Connection *with the/.driving trarne. of the apparatus.

Aon comprises various details and iiguree of refwhich torni a part The invent] of construction and Combinations and arrangements of parts which will be herein.- atter fully described nnd then specifically defined in the appended elaine.I

Illy invention is illustrated in the panying draivinojs in which Figure l a vertitel sectional vievv through a pi ti irinltler npparatixs and illnstrntiin; :i roer elevation ot `the truolr carrying` the sinne, eind 2 is a top plan view ot `tl1e apparatus,

nce non7 beinejhad to the detnils of 'ings hy letten g d( /jnates the plat time: uit* non wl li the wl eis r and S are mouz, Fut d to 'the platform by ineens oi 1' is a `f m having;

L' l (Y an annular shouldered portion ada-'ited to n l engage over the e@ L oi? Athe platform and provided with un int oral which the Wheel fn, ie journaleth n Soren' fitting; in a thread `holo in the spindle to hold the Wheel n. in platte Seid Wlieel has fixed upon the linb portion thereof' a beveled gear ivl'iefgl il. "which is in mesh with the spindle nptnr accompanying drawi beveled ivheel y', rotatably mounted upon the upright portion C of the pipe b, which latter .is held upon the castingr m and communicates with the pipe (t. Said. upright portion of the pipe t) has an annular groove i for the reception of the end of the screw g, which latter is mounted in the hole in a shell which is .integral with the gear Wheel Said shell has a ohainbered portion (Z at its upper end which communicates with the pipes e, terminating respectively at their outer ends in sprinklerheads f.

The operation of my invention is as followsz-Wvhen the Water is turned on and passes through the sprinkler head, a rotary7 movement will be imparted to the shell and, through the ffear connections, drive the truck forward as the. Water is sprinkled from the headv The rate at Which the truck will be propelled by the rotationA of the shell will depend upon the pressure of the Water and the amount of hose to be drawn by the truck. That I claim to be nenT is A sprinkling apparat-us comprising a truck with support- Wheels journaled thereon, a casting; fitted over a portion of the truck and having an integral spindle projecting therefrom, a driving Wheel with a beveled gear Wheel rotating therewith, a pipe' held in said casting and having an upright portion which is eircumterentially grooved, a beveled gear Wheel `iournaled upon said pipe and in mesh with the gear with the driving' Wheel and provided' with a hollow shell which terminates at its upper end in a chandler., nozzle pipes leading from seid chamber, a screw mounted in an aperture in the shell and its inner end engaging in said annular groove.

ln testimony whereof l hereunto aix my Signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

BENJAMIN F. FORD.

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